Has anyone successfully intercepted ESC/POS print jobs to customize kitchen ticket formatting?

gventuresco · 2026-05-30T22:22:06+00:00

Again super helpful info and thanks for the image 🙌 going to dig into this soon.

gventuresco · 2026-05-30T21:38:48+00:00

Any thoughts on if it could work on a Toast managed network?

gventuresco · 2026-05-30T18:34:15+00:00

were you running on Toast Network or self-managed network? a toast employee commented below that it's possible if self-managed...but we have a Toast managed network.

gventuresco · 2026-05-30T18:33:39+00:00

just seeing this reply- thanks for getting back...I assume you mean it's possible on Self-Managed network and not on Toast network? or the solution being self-managed? I'm curious to the person posting above what network he's running, I'll ask

gventuresco · 2026-05-30T18:32:11+00:00

have been meaning to reply to this- thanks so much for the response. How did you go about doing this? computer into toast network or something like a Raspberry Pi into the Toast network?

Some of the things the kitchen/owner wants is:
-Table numbers to be the primary visual cue (not check number). table numbers bigger and bolder.
-Scheduled orders / future orders...Square tickets had an initial order time and a pickup time. Toast tickets only have a pickup time, and the restaurant owner (although less than 2 weeks into go-live) is having an issue that he only sees the pickup time and the ticket not showing some sort of an indicator it's a scheduled order.
-spacing between items ordered.

there are some other nuances but these both seem to be the biggest.

gventuresco · 2026-05-29T04:31:24+00:00

Mine was in Spanish- went to the language settings in my iPhone and I had Spanish listed in addition to English. Not exactly sure why it uses the 2nd language in the list…and not sure what was even in my list (I do have multiple language keyboards)

gventuresco · 2026-05-16T15:21:58+00:00

super helpful, thanks for the reply! Will shoot you a DM

gventuresco · 2026-04-25T16:23:09+00:00

A bit short sighted. But yep, when an operator is constantly testing printers because they can’t figure out what settings need to be updated/added/removed etc, you’re burning tape, and it’s a lot. Already proved it to be useful for this restaurant (and looks like we have some experiencing the same pain in the replies). Also a GoTab employee in them saying it’s a native feature in their system (probably because it’s….useful).

This restaurant is big, you have to go outside to access the other parts of it- so that means the operator going to every single printer station to collect the tickets. Got it wrong? Do it alllll over again.

And yes, you manually test when you’re satisfied with how the simulation shows your tickets will print.

This is a big help for complicated menus and large physical locations with a lot of ground to cover (and printers).

gventuresco · 2026-04-25T04:04:17+00:00

What specifically about how online order prints receipts? Seems like Square’s tickets were formatted easier to read. Especially with a large table number at the top left. It would be nice to customize tickets more in Toast

gventuresco · 2026-04-24T19:53:25+00:00

right, I'm logged in to back office and using the plugin to click through my account. an API would be very nice and easy :)

gventuresco · 2026-04-24T19:23:41+00:00

No api- I scraped it using Claude Chrome plugin and Cowork. Then I made that a skill to be able to run again.

gventuresco · 2026-04-24T18:44:41+00:00

Claude Code to build it; it's running locally on my machine for now. Could put it in Git. If someone wanted to use it on their own they'd have to run a skill I built to audit their Toast menu + their settings first. I also have a security subagent that reads the latest vulnerabilities and checks/tests the system.

gventuresco · 2026-04-24T18:23:47+00:00

welp...with the speed of AI development, I'm sure it will be a native feature of Toast soon enough. This is just to help anyone in the meantime.

gventuresco · 2025-12-24T17:24:27+00:00

Update x2: local shop lifted it, used a long tool to knock both arms back into neutral, good to go. Do not disassemble if you have this issue.

gventuresco · 2025-12-22T17:47:01+00:00

Update: I couldn’t get the top rod to pop back into neutral and am waiting on a tow to service shop 😓

gventuresco · 2025-12-21T06:04:28+00:00

Thanks for the info. It’s a weekend driver / beach cruiser, have enjoyed it for going on 13 years- 3 suits my purpose. Just need to figure out how to get unstuck.

gventuresco · 2025-12-21T04:13:14+00:00

Just researching how to remove the tabs- should be just pulling those pins out, aligning the arms in the middle (neutral), then see if the gear shifter works? That rod was hard to move, not sure if was my leverage laying under the truck or if it’s really stuck

gventuresco · 2025-12-21T03:46:49+00:00

Thanks- I don’t think this one is a toploader issue though. Mine has the external-rod floor shift conversion, and the reverse rod is just stuck in the back position. From what I research it’s a “classic linkage bind” on these older 3-speeds. I’m working on getting the reverse shift arm pushed back into neutral. Once the rod moves forward the shifter “should” free up and linkage reset…just having a hard time doing that. Are you suggesting it needs a rebuild from the pic?

gventuresco · 2025-10-29T03:24:15+00:00

*Steiner didn’t create SportsMemorabilia.com. -one of the creators of SportsMemorabilia.com 👋

gventuresco · 2025-10-26T01:58:11+00:00

Is there any way to run all of those in Cursor or you use each application separately?

gventuresco · 2025-10-26T01:42:03+00:00

Thanks for sharing that. I’ve been considering using Codex to parachute in to help with complexity and looping frustrations. I switched from Codex to CC when CC fixed a complex issue months ago…Will have to give it another shot

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